The market for gaming laptops today is very diverse. Stylish and stylish design, aggressive looks, destructive configuration, superior heat dissipation, keyboard quality on par with desktop keyboards, and VR support.
Depends on your financial ability and the games you want to play. Here are 5 essential things to help you choose the most suitable gaming laptop.
1. CPU and graphics card
Going to buy a gaming laptop, you should pay attention to the CPU first because it is the “heart” of a machine. And to play the game, these CPU models must have the HQ character behind them (this HQ character indicates that this is a high-performance chip line), for example 7700HQ.
Also, chip models that end with H or HK are fine. The remaining problem is that you choose i5 and i7 to suit your financial conditions because the same model of i7 CPU will be 2 to 3 million dongs more expensive than i5.
And with a best gaming laptop, you can’t use Intel’s integrated video cards. This you also do not need to worry too much because currently, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti VGA card model is available on our gaming laptop models, this card model is enough to play GTA V at the graphics setting level.
2. RAM and Hard Drive: More is better
One thing is for sure, the higher the RAM capacity, the better because it will help the device multitask better, open many applications, tabs without fear of lag or shock.
And 4 GB is now just enough for light games, office work. Therefore, the laptop that wants to play games must have 8 GB or more. If the best thing is when buying the machine, we should upgrade to 16 GB of RAM to play the game more comfortably.
About the hard drive with gaming laptops. There is usually 1 TB HDD or more available, but if you have the conditions, you should choose a machine with an SSD because the SSD will help the machine boot up faster.
3. Screen: Pay attention to size & resolution
Gaming laptop screens are usually available in 15-inch, 17-inch, and 21-inch sizes. But because the large screen size will affect portability, a screen from about 15.6 inches will be the most reasonable. Both ensure a good visual experience on the device without making the device too bulky and difficult to carry.
Speaking of resolution, usually the higher the resolution the better, as the displayed image will be clearer. But especially with gaming laptops, the resolution should only stop at Full HD. Gaming laptops that use screens with a resolution of 2K or higher will have to compensate for gaming performance a lot.
If you are more careful, you can pay attention to the refresh rate. The higher the refresh rate, the smoother it is when playing games. Especially high-speed games such as racing, FPS shooting, and equipping a screen with a high refresh rate will provide good support for gamers.
4. Don’t forget the keyboard, ignore the mouse pad
With the unique nature to play games. The keyboard support for these laptop models must be Full-Size (full keys and number keys). Good key travel (bounce) is convenient to manipulate and avoid mistakenly pressing keys. Big press and bunker backlight also increase the “cool” level for the device.
Especially, there must be lights to use in low light conditions. Particularly, machines with red or colorful backlighting are very popular with gamers, perhaps because they look cooler.
As for the mouse pad, almost no one plays games with the mouse pad. We all have to use an external mouse to play the game, so you can skip this part.
5. Heat dissipation
Using a high-performance CPU means it will consume more power and will heat up the device, moreover. Buying a gaming console will have to fight for a few hours to an entire day.
So when buying a gaming laptop, you should ask more about the heat dissipation of the machine, ie is our laptop equipped with any cooling technology, how many cooling fans, where to place it. .. For example, the Acer PREDATOR 21X has 5 cooling fans, placed at the back of the machine, the heat is pushed to the back to help users not feel tired when used for a long time.
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